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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Nardello, BPCE, Alaco, Paris forensic investigators

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: each week, we recount the great and small events in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonNardello loses cyber chief.

ParisBPCE strengthens security with financial intelligence specialist.

LondonAlaco expands with Liberia contract.

ParisForensic investigators network.

Turkey, United States
Kroll tracks down alleged blackmailers in Anatolian gold mines

The Canadian mining group Centerra has had a series of setbacks in Turkey. It hired corporate intelligence firm Kroll to investigate former employees it accused of orchestrating a blackmail operation against it.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
EIB increases investigations spending, Nardello, Herminius, TDI Sustainability, Enyo

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on developments big and small in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we report from Luxembourg, London and Brussels.

LuxembourgEIB boosts corporate intelligence budget.

LondonFCDO veteran Kilby joins Herminius.

LondonFormer Alaco staffer becomes MD at Nardello's London office.

BrusselsEuropean Commission brings in specialist conflict minerals investigators.

LondonEnyo sends in lawyers to ICSID

Germany, Saudi Arabia
Germany's ThyssenKrupp may be sidelined from Saudi hydrogen projects

Green hydrogen production has become a priority in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 strategy and the Neom project does not pass muster. Germany's ThyssenKrupp, strongly backed by the German government to win contracts in the Arabian-Persian Gulf, could miss out on one of Saudi Arabia's biggest projects.

Singapore, United States
Mintz's takeover of investigator Barber Mullan & Associates pulls rug from under competitors' feet

Investigations firm Barber Mullan & Associates, which is run by a small, mainly British team, used to do most of its business as a subcontractor for larger firms, which are now concerned about the loss of this valuable support.

United States
K2 shaken by Tom Bock's departure

In a consolidating investigations marketplace, JS Held has recently poached a senior executive from the heart of K2's operations in its fief of New York.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GPW/Schillings, Exiger Diligence, Nardello, Banque de France, Opus Pear Tree

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both great and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London, New York and Paris.

London Irwin leaves Nardello

Paris Banque de France recruits new security chief

London GPW nabs investigator Waters from Schillings

New York Exiger exodus

London Opus Pear Tree assists gold giant Petropavlovsk

Spotlight | United States
Kroll, JS Held, Ankura, Big Four: corporate intelligence giants battle for market supremacy

Faced with a booming and rapidly consolidating investigations market, corporate intelligence companies are trying to steer a course through uncharted waters.

Russia
S-RM tackles Russian crypto crime

S-RM pulled out of the Russian market in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, due to concerns about compliance, but its cyber branch is expecting an uptick in Russian ransomware cases.

Japan, United States
Japanese investigation market shakeup

US and British intelligence groups are on the lookout for local private investigators in a once tightly closed Japanese market that has been positioning itself as a vector of growth.

France, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, COSA

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Paris, Kyiv, London and New York.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
K2's bill, security at Al Ula, International SOS, Caspar-Fille-Lambie, from CRG to EY

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to New York, London and Paris.

New York K2 waits for payment by ExWorks

Paris/Riyadh Al Ula gets a new security consultant

Paris/Brussels/London International SOS take on EU officials' travel security

Paris/London Caspar-Fille-Lambie details his lobbying at Babcock

London Control Risks partner moves to EY

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Ardian, Namea, legionnaires, Alaco, GEOS

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Dubai, London and Paris.

Paris French foreign office's Middle East head joins Ardian

Dubai Norman Ricklefs' Namea Group hires ex-US consul Frayne

Paris Former legionnaires head into private armed security

London Another key Alaco manager quits

Paris Ex-CEIS and GEOS director Argyriou shifts into auto industry

United States
JS Held says unexpected goodbye to chief operating officer Frank Holder

A small shockwave has just swept through the US private investigation market. Industry veteran Frank Holder has just left the consulting group JS Held, which has been expanding fast on this market over the last year.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Wallbrook, Ankura in with State Dept, JS Held develops crypto investigation, Alaco ditches security, Axiantis hires Egypt expert

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London and Paris.

WashingtonAnkura close to Biden administration.

WashingtonJS Held gets into crypto-investigation.

LondonAlaco closes security practice.

LondonWallbrook loses ESG director.

ParisAxiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Nardello, Alaco, JS Held, GPW

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London and New York.

New York Nardello seeks new London bureau chief

London Adrian Stones quits Alaco

New York JS Held recruits from Kroll

London The GPW deal in numbers

Washington Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own

Spotlight | United States
Transfer season in full swing on Chicago's investigations market for BRG, Stout, Kroll and FTI

The financial capital of the American Midwest and one of the world's leading commodity trading centres, Chicago is currently the scene of an intense game of musical chairs, provoked by the end of the Berkeley Research Group's practice.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Moldova's Statis change lawyers in case against Kazakh government

In a fresh twist in their long legal wrangle with the Kazakh government, Moldovan oligarchs Anatol and Gabriel Stati have changed their usual lawyers, opting for an investigation veteran.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Kroll's Paris office celebrates 25 years amid whirlwind restructure

Now run by head of investigations Louis-David Magnien, after the departure of former boss Bechir Mana, Kroll's French office wants to take advantage of the sudden change in leadership to beef up.